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Tarfumes.com - The Little Prince
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List Price: $10.00
Our Price: $8.00
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Manufacturer: Harvest Books
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 843.912
EAN: 9780156012195
ISBN: 0156012197
Label: Harvest Books
Manufacturer: Harvest Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 96
Publication Date: 2000-05-15
Publisher: Harvest Books
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Studio: Harvest Books
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Editorial Reviews:
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Few stories are as widely read and as universally cherished by children and adults alike as The Little Prince. Richard Howard's new translation of the beloved classic-published to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's birth-beautifully reflects Saint-Exupéry's unique and gifted style. Howard, an acclaimed poet and one of the preeminent translators of our time, has excelled in bringing the English text as close as possible to the French, in language, style, and most important, spirit. The artwork in this new edition has been restored to match in detail and in color Saint-Exupéry's original artwork. By combining the new translation with restored original art, Harcourt is proud to introduce the definitive English-language edition of
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Summary: The Little Prince
Comment: I ordered four copies, one came with alot of print written in it and highlighting. Was supposed to be in excellent state and I couldn't track who sent it.
Wonderful story, but the poor state of the book detracted from me giving it as a gift...I rate the story as a 5+ but the book you sent a 1. So give it a 3 overall.
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Summary: Man, I love this book ...
Comment: And I love how I ordered it on a Friday and it arrived the following Monday! I feel very satisfied with the price and promptness of my order. I just hope my nephew is satisfied with receiving a book for his 9th birthday...
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Summary: one of my favorites
Comment: this is one of my favorite stories. I read it as a child and enjoyed it, re-read it as a teenager and understood more of the symbolism, then as an adult, of course, understood even more of the meaning. Everyone could get something from this story.
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Summary: Funny and moving at the same time
Comment: The two main characters in the book have one thing in common, and that is they both don't like grown-ups (this despite one of the characters being a grown-up). In the book, the narrator's plane crashes in the middle of the desert, and he meets a little boy from another planet. In this particular universe, all the planets (including the little prince's) are inhabited by one person, except Earth (in which there are many people). The little prince's planet is so small, that the prince can go in a different time-zone just by moving his chair a little.
The little prince's planet has a rose which the prince loves a lot and takes care of by watering it. Now, the prince asks the narrator to draw a sheep, which he does, and a sheep comes to life in the prince's planet as if in a fantasy. The prince then wants to protect the rose from the sheep who would like to eat it, and the narrator draws a muzzle around the sheep's mouth, and that too becomes a reality in the prince's planet.
The best part of the book is when the little prince visits other planets like his, and meets their lone inhabitants, such as the king, the tippler, the businessman, the lamplighter and the geographer. The book starts out being a comedy but it becomes more emotional as it progresses until we reach the touching ending.
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Summary: Wonderful
Comment: Ah, the amount of philosophy and beauty and imagination you can cram into a story this short! I have never read the original French version, but the English translation is as powerful as I could hope for, a surreal story of fantasy that speaks such eternal truths of love and life and the sheer faith of childhood.
We have a man who has put aside his childhood dreams to grow up. His plane crashes in the desert, and it is here he meets a young prince from a distant asteroid.
As we have the gritty real story of survival, we have a powerful and yet just as real story of this little boy's adventures and discovery.
It's a strong and complex parable, and also just a great story besides.
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